Isaac Isaacs

Isaac Alfred Isaacs (6 August 1855-11 February 1948) was Governor-General of Australia from 21 January 1931 to 23 January 1936, succeeding Viscount Stonehaven and preceding Alexander Hore-Ruthven.

Biography
Isaac Isaacs was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1855, the son of a Jewish tailor, and he became a lawyer and received the prestigious appointment of Queens' Counsel in 1899. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Victoria from 1892 to 1901, and was a Protectionist Party member of the House of Representatives from 1901 to 1906, serving as Attorney General from 1905 to 1906. Appointed to the high court in 1906, he interpreted law in favor of an extension of federal power against the individual states. He became Chief Justice in 1930. He was the first Jewish and the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.